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Collateral
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Michael Mann may not be the king of action/dramas but he has made one massive name for himself over the years, and while I LOOOVE Collateral it has very large shoes to fill considering Heat is such an incredibly hard film to top. I love his attention to detail and desire to use raw and gritty tactics to the gunfights, as well as his very methodical way of creating likable villains. He creates characters you love to hate, but also hate to love, and does it in such a way that you feel pity for the bad guys, even though you know full well that they’re despicable people. Collateral is one of his mid range works, and while it’s never as epic or intense as Heat, he manages to make a taught thriller that gives us a rare opportunity to see Tom Cruise as a bad guy for once.
Everything is business as usual for cabby Max (Jamie Foxx). He’s got a few fares, and even finds a spirit of kindness in Assistant District Attorney Annie (Jada Pinckett-Smith) who marvels at his desire to start an upscale limousine service, and even offers him a hand of friendship. However, Max’s night takes a turn for the worse when his next pickup is a man named Vincent (Tom Cruise), who offers the cabby a few hundred bucks on the sly to take him to 5 different stops and then back to the airport so he can get back home. A little suspicious of the man, Max decides to take the money and complete the 5 stops, but soon figures out that he’s over his head. Vincent is actually a hitman, and the 5 stops he wants to make are going to add up to 5 dead bodies as well.
Desperate to get out, Max soon finds himself the unwilling chauffeur for the out of town hit man. Hot on their tails is undercover detective Fanning (Mark Ruffalo) and as long as the duo can keep ahead of the cops, it looks like it’s going to be a bloody night.
Collateral lives and dies by it’s characters, but Michal Mann is so incredibly detail oriented with his film making process that all of the mundane experiences and scenes in the film add up to one of the most incredibly realistic hit man films. The acting is raw and emotional, while the action is so grounded and realistic in the tactics, that it just doesn’t feel like a traditional action movie. Even the final gunfight is so unstylized and raw, that it’s over before it has a chance to begin. It’s a talent of Michael Mann that makes his films so relatable and watchable, even some 16 years later.
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Rated R for violence and language
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• City of Night: The Making of Collateral
• Special Delivery
• Deleted Scene with Commentary
• Shooting on Location: Annie's Office
• Tom Cruise & Jamie Foxx Rehearse
• Visual FX: MTA Train
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Collateral is an underrated Michael Mann gem that may not be one of the Oscar greats, but contains on e of my favorite Tom Cruise performances of all times. It’s gritty, raw, violent, and completely absorbing every time I watch it. The heavily stylized film wasn’t one that I was expecting to be a great 4K UHD disc, but it turned out to be much better than expected. Now, if you're wondering if their is any difference between this and the 2020 "standard" release, then the answer is "the steelbook case", that's it. The discs are literally identical in every way except for the silk screening, and the steelbook case is geared directly for collectors. so my reccomendation would be to get whichever version of the 4K you like package wise, or simply get the cheapest one. BOTH discs are very good, and make for a good watch.
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Starring: Tom Cruise, Jamie Fox, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Peter Berg, Mark Ruffalo, Bruce McGill
Directed by: Michael Mann
Written by: Stuart Beattie
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 HEVC
Audio: English: DTS-HD MA 5.1, French, German DD 2.0
Subtitles: English, English SDH, French, German
Studio: Paramount
Rated: R
Runtime: 120 Minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: August 6th 2024
Recommendation: Great Watch
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